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1876–2024
Baker City, OR·Oregon

Baker City, OR has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+49 in 2024.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
OR
LatestR+49in 2024
TypologyStable Rural Rightcluster typology
Population16,8402024 ACS

Baker City, OR, Oregon: Stable Rural Right metro. In 2024, voted R+49%. Republican peak: R+50 in 2020.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+49MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
Population
16,8402024 5-year
Median household income
$60,9362024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
88.9%2024 5-year
Black
1.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+45 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+50 in 2016MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Baker City, OR
TrumpR+49
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican72.8%7,060
Kamala HarrisDemocratic24.2%2,343
OtherAll other candidates3.0%291
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −48.7% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−48.7%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−23.0%
1896+31.9%
1900+5.0%
1904−31.6%
1908−2.6%
1912+20.3%
1916+19.8%
1920−22.2%
1924−12.9%
1928−32.8%
1932+34.8%
1936+45.1%
1940+16.7%
1944+11.0%
1948+3.2%
1952−24.7%
1956−3.9%
1960+3.0%
1964+18.7%
1968−13.5%
1972−22.4%
1976−0.5%
1980−27.9%
1984−33.4%
1988−11.7%
1992−6.2%
1996−18.5%
2000−41.5%
2004−40.3%
2008−32.4%
2012−39.5%
2016−50.4%
2020−50.4%
2024−48.7%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−48.7%
2,3437,0609,694
R
−50.4%
2,3467,3529,932
R
−50.4%
1,7976,2188,779
R
−39.5%
2,3695,7028,448
R
−32.4%
2,8055,6508,777
R
−40.3%
2,6166,2539,034
R
−41.5%
2,1955,6188,258
R
−18.5%
2,5473,9757,703
R
−6.2%
2,3952,8627,530
R
−11.7%
2,8963,6966,826
R
−33.4%
2,5915,2047,812
R
−27.9%
2,5154,7478,013
R
−0.5%
3,3063,3406,919
R
−22.4%
2,0473,4416,220
R
−13.5%
2,4643,3116,255
D
+18.7%
3,9032,6706,585
D
+3.0%
3,7343,5147,251
R
−3.9%
3,4313,7067,137
R
−24.7%
2,5624,2536,838
D
+3.2%
3,0352,8416,040
D
+11.0%
3,1162,4945,641
D
+16.7%
4,3533,1017,493
D
+45.1%
4,9911,7687,151
D
+34.8%
4,4202,0976,674
R
−32.8%
1,8613,7215,679
R
−12.9%
2,0042,8036,172
R
−22.2%
2,1713,4955,961
D
+19.8%
3,8972,5416,838
O
+20.3%
1,3956483,686
R
−2.6%
1,5961,6893,610
R
−31.6%
9381,9903,330
D
+5.0%
1,6151,4583,160
D
+31.9%
1,8609512,852
R
−23.0%
3557551,741
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
16.9%
German
16.6%
Irish
11.4%
American
5.8%
Scottish
5.7%
Italian
2.9%
French
1.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 47.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.7%
85+
1.8%
4.0%
75–84
4.0%
8.2%
65–74
8.4%
6.8%
55–64
7.3%
5.1%
45–54
5.0%
6.8%
35–44
5.1%
6.0%
25–34
4.8%
2.8%
18–24
2.5%
8.2%
5–17
7.0%
2.3%
<5
2.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$60,936
Baker City, OR ranks near the middle of US counties.
Baker City, OR$60,936
Oregon$83,011
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.7%
Working age (18–64)15.5%
Seniors (65+)14.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.7%
speak English only
Spanish1.8%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
15.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
7.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.6%
Methodist
1.4%
Mainline Protestant
1.4%
Baptist
0.6%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Baker City, OR sits in the Pacific Northwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of forty-five points in 1936 and a Republican high of fifty points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved two points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-nine points.

A population of 16,840, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,936 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Baker City, OR, Oregon vote in 2024?
In 2024, Baker City, OR, Oregon voted Republican by 48.7 points (R+49), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,694 votes cast, 2,343 went Democratic and 7,060 went Republican.
What is Baker City, OR, Oregon's political typology?
Akashic places Baker City, OR, Oregon in the "Stable Rural Right" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 10 times, Republican 23 times, and other 1 times.
When did Baker City, OR, Oregon last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Baker City, OR, Oregon voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Baker City, OR, Oregon?
Baker City, OR, Oregon has a population of 16,840 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Baker City, OR, Oregon?
Median household income in Baker City, OR, Oregon is $60,936 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Baker City, OR, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Baker City, OR, Oregon from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.